After hearing repeatedly about the inexpensive (made in sweatshops) clothing at Steve and Barry’s, we finally decided to trek East to see the store for ourselves. I walked down the middle of the aisle with Amy while Sarah looked at clothes. I did my very best imitation of Mr.Spock. “Yes, that shirt is blue.” The […]
My oldest daughter will be 15 in less than 3 weeks. Everyone thinks she is a clone of me in appearance and personality. Everyone except her. I can’t blame her. No teenage girl wants to be told that they look like their middle aged mother. No teenager wants to hear that they act exactly like […]
Once a day, I lie down in a horse trough wearing only my birthday suit. Horses lean over the side alone or in pairs and sloppily drink from the trough while I watch in horror and amazement. If anything is resting on the side of the trough, the horses knock it over so that it […]
Last week, someone stole the Boy Scout trailer with most of their camping equipment stored inside it. The trailer and almost everything in it were bought with money the boys made selling popcorn. The things that weren’t bought by the boys were made by the boys, like metal work used to cook turkeys over a […]
In my continuing efforts to be the meanest parent in the world, I forced my children to sit through two political speeches tonight. The youngest two sat in my lap and fidgeted while the older children slumped in their chairs and quietly mumbled complaints. The children were subjected to my shouts at the screen as […]
When the stress level in the house reached 11 this morning, Doug and I needed either time alone or time apart. Since time alone never happens, I packed up Amy, picked up Granny and headed down to MagPies for the June tasting. We sipped our free milk and ate free mini-cupcakes that were described as: […]
“They’re making the newspaper smaller at the same time that the readers’ eyes are getting worse.” Why don’t newspapers switch to large print summaries of the previous day’s news?